BEREA, Ohio -- A burglar took a shower, shaved and had dinner before stealing a pickup truck from the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds last week.

A fairgrounds employee reported at 6:67 a.m. June 13 that someone had broken into a maintenance building sometime overnight. A building window was smashed.

The employee told police that the burglar stole a yellow 2000 GMC pickup truck from the building's garage. The truck, formerly a Middleburg Heights service vehicle, was unregistered and used for fairgrounds work.

The employee told police searched the maintenance building and discovered that whoever broke in took toiletries from employees' lockers and proceeded to shower and shave, leaving hair in a sink. The suspect also ate several hot dogs and rice cakes before departing.

Police found a red shirt and several empty bottles of the soft drink Squirt at the scene. They were taken as evidence.

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